Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Minister of Health and Social Services is well aware, I have a strong interest in what health data we can and should collect to make better informed decisions, as well as the interoperability of health records between our jurisdictions and ones residents must go to for medical travel.

Much of that dialogue has focused on the upcoming planned electronic health records system replacement. It's of little wonder, then, that I have been reviewing some of the RFP documents for said replacements records system. The RFP package is quite extensive and detailed. I don't pretend to be a proponent that would be able to accurately assess the requirements and provide a financial estimate. I think, however, that this is a key topic that the Assembly should keep tabs on as this process moves forward to modernizing our system and ideally reaching the end of limping along and modifying our current one with endless customizations that have made it unwieldy, Mr. Speaker.

There's one line that stood out to me in the RFP. Quote, ultimately the goal of the EHR project is a single comprehensive electronic health record which is accessible by NWT residents and authorized custodians to health information collected across NWT's entire health continuum of care. End quote.

I commend this vision. In short, I am pro-EHRS replacement; however, I am still curious about how we got here and how the replacement system will be steered into the future. As such, I will have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services later today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.